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Quotes by Musician

"Andy Paley got us a show opening for his band at an outdoor show at Simmon's College, on a Friday."

"Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put into words."

"But I believe we have a higher level of mentality within us, but we have to use the power in the right way."

"Though, since the first record, I've dramatically changed my expectations for our records."

"That's basically what's going on now: Everything is propaganda."

"We do what we want. We don't care what anyone else thinks."

"You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way."

"People aren't always themselves. They're always holding back something."


"To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain."

"Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business."

"I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough."

"There have been times when I felt suicidal and I would stop my head from going in that direction of negativity because I thought there'd be something I'd miss that was funny in the future. If there's a chance I'm going to laugh tomorrow then want to live to experience that."

"After all, in today's music scene every band seems to steal from other bands."

"And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it."

"The voice will guide you-will tell you what to do. In order to do that, you must be quite sensitive with the instrument and accept this daily conversation with your voice."

"I don't want to pierce anything. I think it's outdated. Belly rings and all are, like, old."

"Ringo is one of the world's true humans. The only one out those four guys, who did not have an agenda. Ringo was just into the music."

"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."

"I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons."

"Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better."

"People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups."

"Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system."

"I can't tell you how many people have asked me to show them Stray Cat Strut and that little diminished run on the C. I guess my brain is wired backwards. I don't know what possessed me to do that, but I did."

"Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over."

"I think that the climate within the band has changed, it's now in a more functional situation."

"I've never responded well to entrenched negative thinking."
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